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Effective Giving Without the EA Label Is Fine
It is acceptable for people to take only parts of effective altruism—e.g. embracing 'effective giving' while rejecting the more esoteric 'effective altruism' baggage—because labels don't matter; what matters is preserving a core group genuinely committed to cold reasoning and serious moral exploration of even esoteric ideas, while others adopt whatever pieces are useful to them.
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William MacAskillEvidence Quote
“i think this kind of cold run of ideas and intellectual and like moral exploration and seriousness including when it comes to esoteric ideas like shrimpo like digital mind or perhaps something else i think is something important and something i you know i really would like to protect”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:01:50 AM
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